DarkSkyCheck

Oxford, OH Night Sky Brightness

What the night sky looks like over Oxford, OH

Suburban
37.7 nW/cm2/sr

Oxford's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 78.3% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

The number comes from orbit, not a stargazer's logbook, so treat it as an estimate of sky glow rather than a certified Bortle class - the Bortle scale guide covers why.

How far Oxford is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Trenton, OH, roughly 15 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

Trenton, OH is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.

Oxford against the rest of the dataset

Oxford, OH has a population of about 22,585, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Oxford ranks 2,498 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured, by the sampling the methodology guide documents.